Abnormally Long Dry Spell...

Released by the Amarillo National Weather Service earlier this week...

..ABNORMALLY LONG DRY SPELL UNDERWAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES...
THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES ARE IN THE MIDST OF A PROLONGED DRY SPELL IN WHICH AMARILLO HAS RECEIVED ONLY 0.24 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE LAST 83 DAYS DATING BACK TO OCTOBER 23RD,2008.

NORMAL PRECIPITATION OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD IS 1.93 INCHES. THE LONGEST PERIOD IN WHICH NO PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN IS 75 DAYS, WHICH WAS BETWEEN OCTOBER 21,1956 AND JANUARY 3,1957.

THE PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FOR THE NEXT 14 DAYS IS FOR MUCH BELOW NORMAL CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION. BEYOND THAT, MINOR PATTERN CHANGES IMPROVE THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION TO NEAR NORMAL.